Broken GoLite Pack :(

I bought a new “Team”backpack by GoList → a couple weeks ago at a place on the northside called “The Extreme Outfitters” →, to take on my hiking trip to the Red River Gorge. The trip was fun, but my bag ripped in 3 places (seams) before we even got out of the house. That […]

blessed be the name of the lord

the name of the lord is blessed. what does this mean? i’m not sure. a blessing is what god gave/did to israel — what allowed that nation, that people, to prosper and remain together in spite of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. god’s blessing on the israelites is what got them out of egypt, through a dessert, […]

nehamiah (more)

notes from sunday morning three challenges 1: they faced ridicule vv 1—3 sanballat was angry http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=NEH+4&language=english&version=NIV&showfn=on&showxref=on “ridicule is the enemy’s oldest weapon” – what are those feeble jews doing? – will they restore their wall? when someone is criticising you — just do what god has told you to do jim just said this — […]

feeling strange today

i don’t know whether it’s the changing job, or what, but i’m feeling uneasy today i have quite a bit to do at sonar still — and i’m worried that i won’t be able to get it done. i suppose i should just “hurry” on it — do only what is required and no more […]

i put my two weeks notice in yesterday

it’s strange — after so many (many!) months of considering leaving sonar to finally do it. and — oddly — the thing that stressed me out most of all about it was telling vince about it. (that went very well, btw, and i feel much better) so — god: please help me to do well […]

Doubting Thomas?

None of the disciples believed Jesus was alive until they saw. What makes Thomas different — he voiced it. He brought it out into the open. He’s the one who said, in John (when Lazarus was dead) “Come on, then, let’s go and die with him.” He was into Jesus. There’s an Indian tradition that […]

killing weeds

yesterday mitt and i bought some “weed-b-gone” spray for the yard, which is currently full of dandilions. it was kinda fun the spray that stuff, but i don’t understand how it can kill the weeds and leave the grass alone. guess we’ll see. we’re getting ready to start service, late, i see. Sunday, April 25, […]

at LAX

mitt and i are at LAX, with 1:41 left in our wait to board our plane, to finish out our very short trip to california we saw TMBG last night at house of blues http://hob.com in anaheim, ca, just outside los angeles. today we made our way down to huntington beach, where it was all […]

misgivings on leader training book

so, marti has us going through a book (us being “youth sponsors”)… Book Three — Essential Tools for Leading Studands Barry St. Clair …and i’m not a fan, so far. every other sentence is some glib “christian saying” — stuff we’ve all heard all of our lives. at one point he said jeremiah 29:11 was […]

At winter quizcamp

It’s sunday morning at quizcamp — nathan and i slept upstairs in one of the lodge’s “extra” rooms, becuase it was so cold and smelly — from both stinky sox and from the cologne and pinapple? air freshener that was sprayed in a failed attempt to cover the other two up. (it did not work) […]